Published March 15, 1975
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Journal article
Interplanetary gas. XX. Does the radial solar wind speed increase with latitude
Creators
- 1. Laboratory for Solar Physics and Astrophysics, NASA-Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, Maryland
Description
The astrometric technique used to derive solar wind speeds from ionic comet-tail orientations has been used to test the suggestion that the radial solar wind speed is higher near the solar poles than near the equator. We find no evidence for the suggested latitude variation
Additional details
Identifiers
- DOI
- 10.1086/153478;
Publishing Information
- Journal Title
- The Astrophysical Journal
- Journal Volume
- 196
- Journal Issue
- 3
- Series
- Astrophys. J.
- Journal Page Range
- 877
- ISSN
- 0004-637X
INIS
- Country of Publication
- United States
- Country of Input or Organization
- United States
- INIS RN
- 6207905
- Subject category
- S79: ASTROPHYSICS, COSMOLOGY AND ASTRONOMY;
- Descriptors DEI
- COMETS; EQUATOR; INTERPLANETARY SPACE; LATITUDE EFFECT; SOLAR WIND; VARIATIONS; VELOCITY
- Descriptors DEC
- SOLAR ACTIVITY; SPACE
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